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Wise Women Project: Valerie A. Szarek
The 2021 Wise Women Project features interviews and portraits of women over 50 with the goal of recognizing the many ways women contribute and provide inspiration to our community. These are their stories. Want to participate? Learn more here. How old are you? 66 What...
Lupines, Lilacs and Life
The lilacs and apple blossoms are everywhere this spring. My lupine is taller than ever and wears her multiple blooms with defiance. Colorado has had a moist May and mother nature has rewarded us with lush growth. A few days ago, Rob and I went for a ride on our...
Wise Women Project: Why I Edit Lightly
There is a heady and freeing loveliness to being seen without a filter and saying here I am. My photography does not appeal to everyone. I edit lightly, preferring to celebrate the reality of who we are, how we look. Sometimes I gently whiten teeth, remove a blemish,...
Divorce and Financial Planning
I was so damn....tired. All the arguing, negotiation, and uncertainty was a brilliant opportunity for avoidance. After 18 years of marriage mostly as a stay-at-home mom, I ended up divorced. I didn't think about what might happen if my ex and I divorced. Who does? I...
Wise Women Project: Elizabeth Martinez
The 2021 Wise Women Project features interviews and portraits of women over 50 with the goal of recognizing the many ways women contribute and provide inspiration to our community. These are their stories. Want to participate? Learn more here. Age: 55 What is...
Wise Women Project: Patricia Aaron
Forever Young / 60+ What is your medium today? I am an abstract painter and chose to use encaustic which is warmed pigmented beeswax, oil sticks, graphite, and multiple types of inks. Why this medium? It moves and flows with me. We have a dialogue which is important...
Working for Free: Valuing Women and Ending Pay Inequality
For over ten years my work has been in the creative realm. I've worked as an editor for a travel magazine and a trade publication, as the owner of a visual merchandising agency, and today as a writer and photographer. My work has included workshops, on-site skill...
Wise Women Project: Willi Eggerman
Willi Eggerman, Age 63 What is your medium today? I work with clay, porcelain for tableware and stoneware for the sculpting. I make work by throwing, hand building and hollow sculpting or a combination of those. I do a lot of surface decorating with texture or...
